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[quote=Anonymous]Ever since we left the DMV, our teens are thriving. They are happier (even in a pandemic), getting straight As all year, and have more confidence in their step.

Looking back, school in the DMV beat them down until they had no confidence anymore. They tried and tried and tried and got good grades, but were treated as if a "4" or an "A" on a unit test was expected rather than an accomplishment. No teacher ever said, "great job!" only "you missed two, try harder." That gets tiring for anyone.

The kicker for me was when my high school student sat through a two-hour end-of-year awards ceremony were the same ten kids got all the awards (funny how they were the kids of parents who were friends of the teachers?) and then the principal said at the end: "We don't have time to get to the other students who did well this year, so we'll just run their names on the big screen." Then they scrolled their names past faster than the closing credits of a movie on TNT.

My teen texted me and said: Why am I even here? What a waste of our time. Good question.

DMV schools demoralize the good students.[/quote]

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